Jim Ross, the voice of pro wrestling to a generation of fans, is bringing a unique experience to New York City on Friday.

Ross will bring “Ringside with Jim Ross,” his traveling one-man show to Gotham Comedy Club for a 7:30 p.m. event. His special guest will be Paul Heyman, the advocate for WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and former head of ECW.

“It’s going to be completely unrehearsed and unformatted, spontaneous, extemporaneous,” Ross said. “Whatever’s on the minds of the audience are directions we can go. Paul and I have both been looking at doing this for years. It really worked out beautifully well. He lives there and it made a lot of sense.”

Here is a video interview with Larry Dallas of Sirius XM Radio, who will be emceeing the show along with co-host Dave LaGreca.

Ross and Heyman, each with years of experience in pro wrestling – in announcing, in management, and as fans – have perspective on decades of pro wrestling that should make for some interesting conversation.

“I think this show has a chance to really be entertaining,” Ross said. “He’s so intelligent and he’s so immersed in his company’s primary storylines. There’s no more over guy in the company than Paul’s guy (Brock Lesnar). Our history is really worth talking about. In the 80s, Paul wasn’t a very popular guy in WCW and people thought I was crazy for appointing him as my on-air partner.

“I think it’s going to be great. I’ve never done a show I’ve looked more forward to than this.”

Ross spoke of he and Heyman, who grew up in Scarsdale, as both entering the business in somewhat unconventional ways.

“Both of us have been lifelong fans since we were kids,” Ross said. “So we’ve always had that in common – a love of the game and product knowledge we had to learn. Heyman and me – we’re not supposed to get in the wrestling business based on the old-school entrance exams and requirements. I thought I was going to do a summertime job and it’s lasted 40 years. Paul and I were very unlikely long termers. Nonetheless, we are – much to the chagrin of some of our peers.”

Ross first met Heyman when he was what Ross termed a “sidekick” to “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert in the late 1980s. He’d seen some of the duo’s work together in the Continental territory and Ross thought Heyman could be a great manager, but said he saw potential in him to be “an outstanding color analyst.” While Heyman’s demeanor turned others off, Ross didn’t see the Heyman presentation as a negative.

“Paul created awareness for himself. He was bold. He was pushy. He can be a little bit rambunctious,” Ross said. “Nonetheless, he’s the best talker in the business to this day.”

Ross continued, “My job has always been to enhance whoever I was working with. It was easy to give him the ball. I was confident he would do good things with it.”

While Ross and Heyman, along with emcees Dave LaGreca and Larry Dallas will likely have some fun on Friday, Ross doesn’t seem to be winding down, as he’s got several active projects and several upcoming.

Ross, along with WWE Hall of Famer Lita, called the action on the early rounds of the Mae Young Classic, which will be dropped, binge-style, on WWE Network on Monday. He, along with Josh Barnett, are the voices of New Japan Pro Wrestling for AXS TV on Friday nights. He has a biography coming out Oct. 10. He also hosts a weekly podcast on PodCastOne, “The Ross Report.” You can keep up with Ross at jrsbarbq.com and follow him on Twitter @JRsBBQ